Jack Delano papers

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Jack Delano papers

1939-1943

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw95150335e-107b-40bc-bc15-11887c06bc3e

Correspondence, mostly with Roy Stryker, Chief of the Historical Section of the Farm Security Administration. Stryker gives Delano his field assignments as a traveling photographer; discusses FSA policy, photographic techniques; his own philosophy about the work; change in budget and focus because of defense emphases; the war; subjects to photograph; activities of other personnel; and personal matters.

Archives of American Art

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6718783

Archives of American Art

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

United States. Farm Security Administration. Historical Section

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q925t1 (corporateBody)

A New Deal agency which operated 1937-1942, formerly the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The Historical Section within the FSA documented agriculture, industry, and social life through photographs. From the guide to the Farm Security Administration Migrant Worker Photographs BENSON-MS FSA MIGRANTS. 23249548., 1937, 1941, (Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin) Established 1935 in the Resettlement Administration Historical S...

Stryker, Roy Emerson, 1893-1975

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ng4x41 (person)

Director of the Farm Security Administration Historical Section; Washington, D.C. Under Stryker the Photographic project of the FSA documented the drought, poverty and despair of rural and urban America during the Depression. From the description of Oral history interview with Roy Emerson Stryker, 1963-1965 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79221042 Director of the Farm Security Administration Historical Section; Washingt...

Delano, Jack

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6028rd1 (person)

Photographer, film maker, classical music composer, and book illustrator. Born in 1914 as Jacob Ovcharov in Kiev, Ukraine. Immigrated to the U.S. in 1922. Died in 1997 in Puerto Rico where he had lived since 1946. From the description of Jack Delano papers, 1927-1995 (bulk 1941-1943). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984202 Jack Delano (1914-1997) was a photographer from Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. From the description of Oral history interview with Jack and Irene ...